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the historically significant perspective that emphasized the human potential for healthy growth was known as _____________
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the suggestion that psychology is less a set of facts than a method of evaluating ideas best highlights the _____________ character of psychology
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the historically significant perspective that emphasized the human potential for healthy growth was known as _____________ humanistic psychology
the suggestion that psychology is less a set of facts than a method of evaluating ideas best highlights the _____________ character of psychology scientific
the scientific study of behavior without reference to mental processes was of special interest to _____________ Watson
dual processing refers to processing information at the same time on separate _______ tracks conscious & unconscious
testing your ability to recall information you have just studied improves your long-term retention of that information. psychologists have referred to this as __________ the testing effect
three key elements of the scientific attitude are _______, __________, and ____________ curiosity, skepticism, and humility
the scientific attitude requires an open-minded humility because it involves a willingness to ______________ recognize the errors in our own ideas
the first psychological laboratory was established by ___________ Wilham Wundt
the English naturalist who first proposed evolutionary psychology was ________ Darwin
in its earliest years psychology focused on the study of_________ mental processes
B.F Skinner was a prominent American _____________ behaviorist
the view that psychology should be an objective science that studies observable human activity without reference to mental processes is known as ___________ behaviorism
the mind's defenses against its own unconscious wishes and impulses were of special interest to _______ Sigmund Freud
which major force in psychology emphasized unconscious sexual conflicts? _______ Freudian Psychology
the science of behavior and mental processes is called ______ psychology
a neuron is best described as a _________
the release of ______ enables muscle action acetylcholine (ach)
the vast majority of neurons in the body's information system are ___________ interneurons
the endocrine system consists of ________ glands
the brains oldest region is the ____________ brain stem
parallel processing involves the processing of many aspects of a problem _____ at the same time
the large, slow brain waves associated with NREM-3 sleep are called _________ delta
plasticity refers to the brain's capacity to change by forming new neural pathways based on __________ based on experience
the scientific study of the links between biological and psychological processes is called ___________ biological psychology
the cells that serve as the basic building blocks of the body's information system are called ________ neurons
John B. Watson believed that psychology should be the science of _________ observable behavior
which pioneering learning researcher highlighted the antisocial effects of aggressive models on children's behavior? __________ Alfred bandura
the process of acquiring, through experience, new and relatively enduring information or behaviors is called ________ learning
learning that certain events occur together is called _______ associative learning
any event or situation that evokes a response is a _________ stimulus
Jordan is frightened by the sound of a train whistle. The sound is a(n) _________ stimulus
voluntary behaviors that produce rewarding or punishing outcomes are called ________ operant behavior
a neutral stimulus is an event or situation that ________ elicits no response prior to classical conditioning
an event that one of pavlov's dogs could see or hear but did not associate with food was called a(n) _________ neutral stimulus
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